Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 33, Number 7, 1 July 2016 — Learn more about the iconic aloha shirt [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Learn more about the iconic aloha shirt

Vintage aloha shirts from Kahala, Mclnemey's, Andrade Honolulu and other designers will be on display at Ala Moana through Aug. 25. "Aloha Made: A Snapshot of Hawai'i Fashion" is the first of three exhibits honoring Hawai'i's ieonie fashion scene that Ala Moana will host in collaboration with Hawai'i

Fashion Incubator. Dale Hope, author of the "The Aloha Shirt: Spirit of the Islands," has offered up his collection of vintage aloha shirts from Hawai'i's fashion boom in the early 1950s to the 1990s. He and Deb Mascia, owner of Mu'umu'u Heaven, curated the exhibit, whieh will also include photos, including portraits of Duke Kahanamoku and the original Waikīkī Beach Boys. From July 1, shoppers are invited to view the complimentary exhibit on Mall Level 2, Mauka Wing daily from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Hope's hook, originally pub-

lished in 2000, was recently updated and published by Patagonia in June. Drawing from interviews, news archives and his personal memorabilia - and illustrated with hundreds of full-color and vintage photographs - Hope takes readers through the history of the splashy Hawaiian shirts, fromright after the Great Depression through todav. The

240-page coffee-table book is available through booksellers and at www. patagonia.com.